Abstract: The Digital Smile Design is a multi-use tool that can assist the restorative team throughout treatment, improving the dental team’s understanding of the esthetic issues and increasing patient acceptance of the final result. The placement of reference lines and other shapes over extra- and intraoral digital photographs widens the dental team’s diagnostic vision and helps to evaluate the limitations, risk factors, and esthetic principles of a given case. These critical data will lead to improved results in all phases of treatment.
Our lecture will travel through DSD basic beginning using PowerPoint which is easy to handle by students to ExoCad updated and the new features of ConeBeam and Face Scan integration that open new horizons for the precision of the restoration of esthetic and occlusion.
Objectives: The Digital Smile Design (DSD) is a multi-use conceptual tool that can
1) strengthen diagnostic vision,
2) improve communication,
3) enhance predictability throughout treatment.